Mar 26, 2010

Here's another shrimp dish with the sweetness of coconut milk which compliments the spiciness of the red curry paste in this simple dish. Serve this over jasmine rice for a complete meal. If you've never used fish sauce before, don't let the smell fool you. It blends with the other flavors and really adds to this dish.

In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil on medium-high. Add scallion whites and red curry paste and sauté one minute. Add shrimp and garlic, season with salt and cook about 2-3 minutes. Add coconut milk, fish sauce and mix well. Simmer about 2-3 minutes, until shrimp is cooked through. Remove from heat, mix in scallion greens and cilantro. Serve over rice and enjoy!

Gina, I'm so glad I found your site awhile back. It is the BEST ww site, and has the best recipes ever. I especially LOVE all your shrimp recipes. I love how you put such a wonderful mix of recipes, everything from cilantro shrimp to coconut curry shrimp...exactly the recipes I need! Thank you for sharing these recipes!! This is the only site I need for fantastic ww recipes! Thank you! Cindy in Houston, TX

I adore thai curry! I was wondering...what do you do with the leftover coconut milk (since a can is more than 6 oz)? I hate wasting it so I normally make a dish that uses the whole can, but I would love to hear if you have another idea!

Another recipe knocked out of the park, Gina! Absolutely fantastic. It was so fast! The entire meal came together in 20 minutes and most of that was the rice cooker working. I served it with jasmine rice and fresh spinach. The sauce wilted the spinach perfectly. My entire family really loved it. My 3 year old kept telling me how great it was! LOVE your blog. You make losing weight easy!

Thank You, Gina for this recipe!!!! I was so impressed with myself for making Thai food!!! My husband and I are big fans of Thai food and he said this was better than any restaurant and I used frozen shrimp!!! I just found your site and I am so excited to cook new recipes for my family!! You are the best! :)

I made this on Monday night and it will become a staple in our household. My husband said he was mad at me for not making enough for seconds! LOL! Fantastic flavor and just enough spice to make it fun. My 7 yr. old daughter loved it, too! Thank you for posting such amazing recipes. I am making your Dijon Lime Chicken Thighs tonight and I have been making your smoothies every morning this week for my daughter and I. Keep it up!!!! :-)

Alright Gina--made this on the weekend, ate the leftovers last night and I'm hooked. Loved it, could easily eat it weekly! Thank you!

One question though--I've never, ever used red curry paste before and I love the flavour, but am not really finding many other recipes around using it either on your blog or others that I read. I mean, I could just keep making this single dish, but do you have any other ideas for dishes using the curry? I've got half a can of coconut milk in the fridge and a tub of curry paste that are just waiting to be used!

Coconut milk never lasts in my house! My husband loves coconut rice so I use the leftover coconut milk to make it. I will post some more Thai dishes soon to help you use up your red curry paste!! Glad you liked this as much as I did!

Yum! Made this for dinner last night. I planned pork chops for the kids because neither one likes shrimp. The older one snubbed the pork chop and went straight for this once the curry hit the pan. Only change is I added about 2-3 TBLS diced red peppers to the scallions, just for color.

When you make your coconut rice do you cook the rice in the 1 cup of coconut milk, 1 cup water, and 1 cup of rice along with a little salt and sesame oil? What do you serve this with? I am always looking for new ways to prepare rice! Oh, and do you use white or brown rice? Thanks so much! I love your site!

We had this tasty goodness for dinner Friday. It was so good I wanted to eat my husband's share!! He was silly enough not to be home for dinner. I told him it was going to be fair game if it happened again!!!

This was so so good! I followed the recipe exactly (something I'm notorious for NOT doing) and it turned out fabulously yummy. Next time, I have to remember to shake the coconut milk, but otherwise, it was still so good. My husband loved it.

I made this tonight and it was wonderful! Great flavors and easy to prepare. I replaced the cilantro(do not like) with fresh garlic dill.I will be adding this to our favorite WW recipes. I can't wait to make it again!Thank you - I'm so happy I found your site!!

Hi Gina - I can't seem to figure out how you got 4 points for a whole cup of jasmine rice! On WW online is says it is 3 cups for 1/4th a cup....and when I put in the exact cal/fat/fiber of the bag I have...it's the same....3 points for 1 serving, which is 1/4th a cup.

1/4 cup uncooked rice is 3 points. But rice expands when you cook it. So 1/4 cup uncooked rice will give you about 3/4 of a cup after it's cooked. If 1/4 cup of cooked rice was 3 points, I would be one unhappy lady!!

I just stumbled across your website. This is the first recipe I have tried, but I will be making a grocery list today to try some more. This is absolutely delish!!!! LOVED IT! My husband couldn't believe it was healthy.

This recipe is so simple and SO delicious! I can't believe how great it tastes! I'm about to try the post for the Spaghetti with Grape Tomatoes and Chicken tonight. Everything on this site is great! Thanks!!

I really liked how quick the sauce was and it felt like such a splurge! My kids loved it and had a blast smelling the flavors and cooking the sauce. I've made it twice already and it's only been a week and a half! Thanks

This recipe is so easy and sooooo good! Added about a tablespoon of brown sugar to bring out the sweetness of the coconut milk--better than take out and guilt free! Would NEVER guess this dish is so light and healthy! Thanks!

I made this last night for dinner and it was fabulous, as most of the recipes I have tried on here have been. I added a few big leaves of sweet basil (shredded) and a chopped red bell pepper to it, and simmered with a kaffir lime leaf for a couple of minutes to try and mimic my favourite local Thai joint. It was excellent - thanks for the great recipe.

Made this tonight. My husband is now a fan of Thai! Absolutely delicious and I didn't feel like it was a light meal. A little tiny bit of splenda added the bit of sweetness I love from my local thai place. Thank you!

This is so awesome. My husband is always wanting Thia food and I fixed this you my daughter and him and they both totally enjoyed it. I also served stir fry vegetables and I totally recommend this recipe and I am not a seafood lover. I am learning but this definitely made it easy for me to eat, YUMMMMM.

Another big hit from Gina! I made this for dinner tonight and served it with leftover brown rice (I make a big batch and keep it to use through the week), gai lan sauteed with garlic and red pepper flakes. Super yummy!

Tried this dish last! HUGE HIT!! We served it over whole wheat pasta, and the sauce from this dish, served as the "spaghetti sauce"... SOO GOOD! Another winner Gina! I am just loving your website, I've lost 6 lbs since I started WW and I thank your recipes for helping me! They make me look forward to eating healthy!

I cannot wait to make this! Question, is the jasmine rice included in the points plus total? I read the recipe a million times and all the comments...I may have misread something? Thanks for all the work you do, this makes cooking on WW so much easier, it makes the dieting much more fun!

Yet another FAB recipe Gina!! I'm stalking your recipes lately and have another of yours on the menu for tonight. I made this last night and it was ADORED by all! I doubled the garlic but follow the rest as stated and served over long grain rice. Made a side of marinated roasted asparagus. Not a leftover bite in the house! 4 and 6 year old devoured too. Keep them coming!

Hi Gina, I have made a number of your meals and this one was my 12 year olds favorite. I was trying to find it on your site and was just wondering if I am missing your "search" mode for your site. I am having to go through every fish recipe in order to find the one I want. Am I missing something?

Made this one tonight over brown rice. YUM YUM YUM!! My 2 year old nearly cleaned her plate! (Maybe just a fluke, but I'll take it!) My curiosity got the better of me and I made the mistake of smelling the fish sauce-- absolutely PUTRID. Alas, I trust your judgment and used it anyway! It was SO good! Also, to those having a hard time finding red curry paste or fish sauce... I found both ingredients at Super Target in the Asian section.

Gina this is our favorite recipe..my hubby loves it!!!! I bought coconut milk from Goya that isn't labeled light. Is there a brand that is light specifically because we may not be eating light after all????!!!! Thanks Gina for all you do.....such adorable children and puppy!

I'm so happy you're spending more time on this blog because it is, without question, the best resource for delicious recipes which just happen to also be Weight Watchers-friendly.

Red curry with coconut milk is one of my favorite Thai sauces - I just made your version with some scallops that were languishing away in my freezer and it was exceptional! Next time I'll add a little more heat and kaffir lime leaves but it is wonderful as is.

Gina I absolutely adore your website!!! I just joined WW two weeks ago and was afraid because I'm such a foodie and love to cook. Thai is one of my favorites to eat out, thanks to you I just cooked it for the first time, and saved myself $$$ and points. I added red bell pepper, asparagus, fresh basil ,chopped fresh jalapeno and extra 1/2 TBS of the paste. Do I need to add points for the extra paste? My kids scraped their plates. We are making the pineapple bliss cupcakes NOW! So excited!! Thanks again for your site you are AMAZING.<3

I made this last night and now have some yummy lunch and dinner to look forward to for the next couple of days. I paired it up with the roasted broccoli and some whole wheat couscous (I wish I could post a picture to show how great this looks). I want to try so many of your recipes and with time I will. So glad I found your website.

Gina- my mom and I are both on WW and tried this recipe last night- it was good! Thank you so much for all the great, tasty recipes you share with us. I honestly couldn't come up with this stuff and its been so helpful coming here when I want something "new" knowing you have so much varity to choose from. Thanks again from a satisfied girl and her mom!

I have to say I've tried some of your other recipes and loved them (Garlic Lime Pork, Asian Peanut Salad with Chicken) but this one bombed for me. I'm not sure if it was the shrimp or what. But, I thought it lacked something. And, I love coconut. But, 2 out 3 isn't bad. :)

This sounds great! My kids have recently become shrimp fans, and they also like coconut, so this is a definite winner. They are not, however, fans of cilantro. Do you think parsley would be a good substitute?

I made this tonight and it was fantastic! I added water chestnuts for some crunch and a little crushed red pepper to spice it up a bit. Served with rice and sugar snap peas. So delicious! Thanks for another great recipe!

I loved this!!! I took some advice from the comments and added both sugar snap peas and red peppers. I also sauted my veggies and shrimp in coconut oil! Yummy! And, in the end I felt like it was too runny, so I added a little cornstarch mixed with cold water. I served mine with organic brown rice and it was fabulous. Too spicy for the kids, though! Thanks for the great new recipe!

This was AWESOME! We really enjoyed this dish over couscous. Next time I make this (in the very near future), I'm going to add some more veggies like others suggested, and maybe some red pepper flakes for a kick. Thanks Gina!!

Gina Gina, u sure are making me look good. Another faboulous recipe. People are begining to think i can cook! Lol. The one change i made was to mix 1 tsp cornstarch to coconut milk to make the sauce a little thicker. U r the best.

I bought Thai red curry sauce by mistake. Can I substitue it for the paste and what amount of the sauce equals the 1 tbsp of the paste? Does it change the Pts? Thanks for you great recipes and for the comments from your devoted fans. Add me to that list of "devoted fans"!

I was very nervous to try this dish, because I have never had Thai food and the restaurants that serve Thai food I did not care for the smell. I am also not into very robust flavor, like rosemary or sage. I like gentle hints of flavors. This dish exceeded my expectation by far. It was soooooo delish.I ate it with Burghul Pilaf by Ziyad. It complemented each other well I could not believe that this dish is low in calories. I have tried a couple of your dishes and they are always good and very flavorful.That is always the hard part with trying to eat healthy or diet, the food is boring and bland. Thank you so for posting,sincerly the "PICKY EATER"

does the fish sauce make a huge difference in the taste? if i left it out would it still be good? the sodium in fish sauce is ridiculously high and I am an avid sodium watcher. recipe sounds delish though! :)

Gina - Thank you so much for all the gorgeous photos and delicious recipes. This is the 4th dish of yours I've made and they have all been winners. I just started WW a few weeks ago and your website has been a great help!

For this recipe in particular, I felt like it needed to be bulked up with more vegetables to make it more filling as a meal with just rice accompanying. We added some chopped bell peppers and next time will add more veggies. We love a saucy curry though and felt this could have used more sauce.

Any ideas on how to increase the sauce and keep the flavor without adding a ton more points?

Just made this and it was very good! I really enjoyed it. I served it over Texmati rice and it was great with the sauce! I made a salad on the side with mixed greens and some thinly sliced orange bell pepper and carrot (bc that's what I had!) and this dressing - http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/lime-peanut-dressing-10000000258172/. It was a perfect complement and still low in calories! You could definitely add more veggies to the salad (broccoli, snap peas, etc.) but I used what I had! Thanks so much!

I was in a cooking rut until I made this dish. It has all the things I love - plus I added a bit of basil which really kicked up the flavor. WOW! I really have never tried to cook Thai like this before and now I am hooked! Thanks for getting me back to my creative cooking self Gina....

My husband said this was a keeper to put in my recipe binder. Thank you so much for this recipe and all your recipes. I never feel like we're dieting...just eating the way we should be and it all tastes so yummy!

This sounds amazing! I'm going to be making this for my parents and sister on Monday.

Any idea whether or not yellow curry paste would work just as well here? It seems to have many of the same ingredients as red. I have a huge tub of it, and I don't make Indian/Thai food a whole lot, so I'd hate to go out and buy more.

holy moly this is DELICIOUS! I substituted 1# of chicken for 1# of shrimp (wasn't in a shrimpy mood) and it is 800x better than any of the Thai delivery places in my Chicago neighborhood...and low cal to boot! Started off dinner with a little boiled edamame and finished it off with this. One of my top 5 Skinny Taste recipes so far!!

Just made this nummy dish, My celiac 13 year old son loved it,as did my hubby. We added spinach and sriracha.Gave it a a good kick of flavor. We made the pork chops and apple sauce last night very numsy as well. Thank you so much for sharing..

First time ever trying a Thai type dish and it was a hit with my husband who claims he doesn't like Thai food! Served over brown rice. Going to try it with boneless/skinless chicken breast next time which I imagine will be just as yummy. This would probably be great over rice noodles as well, hmmmm... I know what I'm making for dinner tomorrow night...

I made this the other night for me and my husband with jumbo prawns and 1 inch chunks of chicken breast and also added half a green bell pepper. I served it over rice and sprinkled seasame seeds on top. OMG!! This was an amazing dish!! Doesnt even tast low-cal! My husband ate like 3 servings and requested it for dinner the next night, so I made it again! So delicious!

Like everyone before me....this recipe was GREAT!!! I tried it through the WW handout and it was lacking in taste, the fish sauce made a difference. I also used yellow curry so I can't wait to see what it will taste like with red curry. I served it over your cilantro lime rice and I wanted to lick the bowl. Thanks a lot!!!!

This receipe was absolutely fantastic! Not only was it quick & easy it was DELICIOUS! My dad who does not like curry, AT ALL, wanted more. So far my absolute favorite receipe on the website thus far. Thank you Gina!

In the past month, I've made this probably five times using cubed chicken breast because my husband doesn't like shrimp.

This is officially my favorite recipe ever.

We also have had trouble consistently finding light coconut milk. What is the difference in point value? Anyway, I usually just use 2/3 coconut milk and 1/3 water. I've also been subbing leeks for the scallion - both ways are amazing! Our local Asian market was out of the Thai Kitchen curry, so we're using a version that has shrimp and is REALLY hot. And wonderful.

Trader Joe's has this amazing Brown Rice Medley; long grain brown rice with Daikon radish seeds and black barley. I cook it with chicken broth, and the combination is divine.

This comes together so quickly, and is so flexible and forgiving... My only problem with it is that I have trouble not eating it all.

It also reheats spectacularly for lunch. I love tormenting my coworkers with it. :)

I WANTED YOU TO KNOW I MADE THIS RIGHT NOW AND IT WAS FABULOUS! I ADDED SOME RED CHILI PEPPER FLAKES FOR AN ADDITIONAL KICK. I ALSO PUT FRESH SPINACH ON THE BOTTOM OF BOWL AND THEN PUT 1/2 A CUP OF HOT RICE OVER IT SO IT WOULD STEAL IT ON ITS OWN...THEN I PUT THE SHRIMP ASND CILANTRO AND GREEN ONIONS. SO FABULOUS! THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME UP WITH THIS GREAT WEBSITE. SINCE I FOUND IT I HAVE BEEN REFERRING PEOPLE TO IT LIKE CRAZY!